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    North American Nature Photography Association Annual Showcase Winners Sourcebook
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    © 2026 NANPA. All rights reserved. Photographs © their respective copyright holders. North American Nature Photograph...
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    Showcase is NANPA’s annual juried photo competition. Each year, a renowned panel of industry leading nature photograp...
    2025 Showcase team
    about Showcase
    NANPA President NANPA Program Coordinator Contest Coordinator Contest Admin Support
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    Cover Image: Drew Smith Oh Wow! Aurora Over Otter Creek Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan
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    Kevin Lohman Rick Beldegreen Best in Show Ginger Barger Steffen Foerster Elizabeth Yicheng Shen Bob Coates Cami Marcu...
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    Letter from the PRESIDENT
    Coby Cooper 2025 NANPA President
    Serving as President of the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) in 2024–25 was one of my greatest p...
    A Year of Leadership, Inspiration, and Extraordinary Photography
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    Gabby Salazar I am a conservation photographer and an environmental social scientist based in Florida. When I was 11 ...
    Dave Showalter Conservation photographer and author Dave Showalter is based in Colorado and focuses his work on the A...
    Coby Cooper Coby is a wildlife photographer based in the Smoky Mountains and served as NANPA President in 2024–25. He...
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    Morgan (Mo) Heim Morgan (Mo) Heim is a conservation photographer, filmmaker, and adventurer focusing on co existence ...
    Sebastian Kennerknecht Sebastian Kennerknecht is a wildlife and conservation photographer with more than 14 years of ...
    Ralph Clevenger Ralph holds degrees in both zoology and photography and was a senior faculty member at the prestigiou...
    Marc Muench Marc Muench is a professional landscape and wildlife photographer. He is preceded by his father, David Mu...
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